*** Former US Open women's singles champion stosser, former world second and year-end finals champion a & middot, radvanska, Rio Olympic women's singles champion Puig and other world-class players will appear in this season's super five tour's most powerful qualification. They will compete with Wang Qiang, Zheng Saisai and Wang Yafan of China for eight tickets.
*** The list of singles players released earlier includes 43 players from 25 countries and regions, including 7 Grand Slam winners, the world's first and 4 former world's first. None of the world's top 10 players are absent, with 19 of the top 20 playing.